DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1720Z September 1, 2015

SMOKE:
Alaska:
A plume of light density smoke is visible moving south off the coast
of Kodiak Island into the Bay of Alaska. There is a chance this may
be mixed with blowing dust from Asia. The smoke originates from the
wildfires that were burning on Kodiak Island the last few days.

Western/Central US and Canada:
Large concentrations of light to heavy smoke is visible throughout
the US due to the raging wildfires in the western US. The heaviest
smoke is visible in the central US and Canada, affecting Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, and Texas. Medium-density smoke is visible in California,
Manitoba, Ontario, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio,
Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and
Texas, moving east and south. Light smoke is visible moving east in
Saskatchewan, NW Territories, Manitoba, Ontario, Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Montana, California, and Nevada. This smoke originates
from the wildfires burning in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
British Columbia, Alberta, and Montana.

Eastern US/Canada/Atlantic Ocean:
An area of light to heavy remnant smoke is visible moving east through
the Midwest into the Mid-Atlantic and New England region into the
Atlantic Ocean and eastern Canada. The heaviest smoke is visible in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, , Medium density smoke is visible
in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New
Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New
Hampshire, Maine, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. and originates
from wildfires continuing to rage in the US Pacific NW.

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THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS
OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME
DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE
FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST
ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF
THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO
THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:

JPEG:   http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html
GIS:    http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm
KML:    http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.